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单词 hewn
释义

hewn in American English

(hjun)
adjective
shaped or cut with an ax, knife, chisel, etc.

hewn in American English

(hjuːn, or, often juːn)
adjective
1. 
felled and roughly shaped by hewing
hewn logs
2. 
given a rough surface
hewn stone
Word origin
[1300–50; ME hewen, ptp. of hew]This word is first recorded in the period 1300–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: action, address, discharge, finish, stuff

Examples of 'hewn' in a sentence
hewn

She looks so peaceful asleep that the sparkling sidewalk beneath her could be hewn from a cloud.
Alex Shakar THE SAVAGE GIRL (2001)
Her spike of a nose points earthwards like some rough-hewn geophysical probe.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Water underground is as final as a boulder choke or a granite-hewn dead-end.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
His voice, although rather cracked and faded, retained its rough-hewn appeal.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There's a hole in the roof, partly closed by a hewn block.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
A desk is hewn from a tree trunk.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
I was fascinated by the story of every centimetre hewn.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
His rough-hewn production doesn't have much of a vision.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
That lack of an angle encourages some rather rough-hewn performances.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It's tiny, cut into rough-hewn ochre cliffs that shelter it from strong winds.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Inside the wooden bath houses are hollowed-out logs and hand-hewn cedar tubs.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
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